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Kurdish Iraq Gets Offer of Troops

Top General Suggests More U.S. Forces in North to Tamp Down Rising Violence

By

Chip Cummins

Updated Aug. 18, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET

BAGHDAD -- The top U.S. commander in Iraq is pushing to send American troops into disputed territory in the north of the country to serve alongside Iraqi forces and Kurdish militia, a tactical shift aimed at tamping down a recent surge of violence in the region.

The proposal to deploy fresh forces in the north underscores a growing worry among U.S. commanders over violence there after the June 30 withdrawal of U.S. troops from all Iraqi cities. American commanders blame the trouble in the north on a security void that has...